Saturday, August 5, 2017

Shark
fins have been viewed in Asian culture as enhancing longevity and virility so I
guess it’s not a stretch in Deep Blue Sea (1999) that their brain tissue could
be used to reverse Alzheimer’s and hey, why not engineer sharks with bigger
brains so that we can harvest more shark brain?What could possibly go wrong with a genetically enhanced,
problem solving giant shark, and there’s your movie.

Not
a film for the galeophobic, Deep Blue Sea employs an effective use of
animatronic giant sharks and underwater CGI sharks to create an effective and
entertaining shark-based action movie.Who doesn’t love sharks? From
director Renny Harlin of Die Hard 2 (1990) and Cutthroat Island(1995), and with a huge cast including Aida Turturro from The Sopranos, Michael
Rapaport as Tom, Stellan Skarsgård as Dr. Whitlock LL Cool J as Preacher, the
cook, and voice actor Frank Welker, Freddie from Scooby Doo, as Preacher’s
foul-mouthed parrot.